ad valorem

1. 1.

   in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed

   “the goods were taxed ad valorem”

   Synonymsad val

Questions about ad valorem

What does ad valorem mean?

ad valorem means "in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed".

What is another word for ad valorem?

Close synonyms include ad val. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ad valorem a common word?

ad valorem is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.